Reading Strategies that Work - Summarizing Strategies

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The following strategies are designed to help students summarize/synthesize what they read.

Get the GIST.docx

THIEVES & PEEK.docx

Group Retelling Game.docx

SWBST and plot structure - outline.doc

Story Wheels.docx

Fiction and Non-fiction Retelling Hands.docx

Word_Sort- outline.doc

Final_Countdown.doc

Finding the Main Idea.doc

Group Retelling Game.docx

Learning_Frame.doc

SummarizingStrategies.pdf

Pass It On.docx

Inside- Outside Circle.docx

ABC Review.docx

Websites to support Summarizing/Synthesizing:

http://www.cobbk12.org/Cheathamhill/LFS%20Update/summarizing_strategies.htm -
- List of a variety of different summarizing and synthesizing activities: (includes graphic organizers to accompany the strategies)
  - Strategies you might want to try:
    - Relay Summary
    - Shaping Up Review
    - The Last Word
    - Dear Teacher
Summarizing Strategies - http://collier.k12.fl.us/english/reading/docs/summarizingE.pdf
QuIP (Questions into Paragraphs) – a great strategy to use with older students - http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/lesson-plans/guided-comprehension-summarizing-using-231.html -
More on Inside-Outside Circles - http://wvde.state.wv.us/strategybank/Inside-OutsideCircle.html, then follow the link: http://oame.on.ca/lmstips/files/TIPSForTeachers/13InsideOutsideCircle.pdf
Summary Star - http://wvde.state.wv.us/strategybank/SummaryStar.html -
Summary Ball - http://reading.ecb.org/downloads/sum_lp_SummaryBall.pdf
Paper Bag Reports - http://reading.ecb.org/downloads/sum_lp_PaperBag.pdf
Artistic Summary - http://reading.ecb.org/downloads/sum_lp_ArtSummary.pdf
Summarizing Fortune Teller - http://reading.ecb.org/downloads/sum_lp_FortuneTeller.pdf
Creating a Play (synthesizing activity) - http://reading.ecb.org/downloads/syn_lp_CreatingPlay.pdf
Synthesizing with the Three Little Pigs - http://reading.ecb.org/downloads/syn_lp_3Pigs.pdf

5W Story Map.docx
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Admit - Exit Slips.docx
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Think Puzzle Explore.docx
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Jigsaw.docx
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Double Entry Journal.docx
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INCREDIBLE SHRINKING NOTES.docx

CSI reading strategy.docx

Pack Up Your Story.docx

Shaping Up Story Review.doc

3-2-1 bridge.docx

Story gloves.pdf

SOS Response.doc

SummarizingStrategies.pdf

Story Wheels.docx

Through the Eyes.pdf

The Last Word.doc

Even Dozen for reading workshop.docx

Somebody Wanted But So Then.zip

The Golden Lines.pdf